Trough.



E. GRIPPITT. THOUGH. APPLICATION FILED DEG.6, 1911.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

"a a s Inventor EMANUEL GRIFFITT, 0F TRION, GEORGIA.

TROUGH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

Application filed December 6, 1911. Serial No. 664,297.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMANUEL GRIFFITT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Trion, in the county of Chattooga and State of Georgia, haveinvented a new and useful Trough, of which the following is aspecification.

The device forming the subject-matter of this application, is a feedingand watering trough, adapted to be assembled with stockcars, barns,stables, and other structures, whereby a feeding and a watering of thestock may be effected, without removing the stock from such structure,and without necessitating the entrance of the operator into suchstructures.

A further object of the invention is to provide a receptacle of noveland improved form, adapted to be mounted in an aperture in the side wallof a car, the receptacle being provided with an outstanding flange,adapted to limit the rotatory movement of the receptacle, whereby toposition the mouth of the receptacle, successively, within and with outthe car, the flange constituting a closure for the space between thereceptacle and the edge of the aperture in the car, thereby preventing awaste of feed from the trough.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means for lockingthe receptacle in successive positions.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention,

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 shows in fragmental sideelevation, the car to which the device of the present invention has beenapplied; Fig. 2 is a fragmental elevation of the inside of the car, theview showing the trough in the position which it will assume when in useby the animals which are within the car; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionupon the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a perspective of the feedtrough, detached from the car.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 denotes the side Wall of acar in which there is an aperture 2. Bearings 3 are secured to the sidewall 1 of the car,

adjacent the ends of the aperture 2. It is in these bearings 3 that thereceptacle, constituting the subject-matter of the present invention, isjournaled for rotation.

Noting particularly Fig. 4;, wherein the receptacle is shown in detail,it will be seen that this portion of the structure comprises circularend walls 5, from which spindles 6 project outwardly. The end walls 5are partially inclosed, peripherally, by a side wall 7, the walls 5 and7 defining a receptacle, and the spacing apart of the edges 8 and 9 ofthe side wall 7 serving to define an opening 10, extended longitudinallyof the receptacle. The edge 8 is preferably plane, but from the edge 9projects radially, a flange 11 which is formed, preferably, by flexingoutwardly, a portion of the side wall 7 As will be readily understood,the spindles 6 are received for rotation within the bearings 3.

Noting Fig. 8 it will be seen that when the receptacle hereinbeforedescribed, is rotated, the flange 11 may be made to engage the side wall1 of the car, above the aperture 2. The engagement between the flange 11and the side wall 1 of the car, serves to position the opening 10 in thereceptacle, within the car, so that the stock within the car may haveaccess to the contents of the receptacle. Furthermore, when the flange11 is positioned as shown in Fig. 3, the flange acts as a closure forthe space between the lower edge of the aperture 2 and the upper edge ofthe receptacle, the construction being such that it will be impossiblefor the animals within the car, to crowd the feed out of the receptacle,through the opening 2, a wasting of the feed being thus avoided.Moreover, the receptacle may be rotated, until the flange 11 engages theside wall of the car, adjacent the lower end of the aperture. Under suchcircumstances, the opening 10 in the receptacle will be positionedoutside of the car, whereupon any trash which may have accumulatedwithin the receptacle will drop out of the receptacle, the flange actingas a discharge chute to direct the material away from the car.

In one of the end walls 5 of the receptacle, a series of radial openings25 may be formed, these openings being also fashioned in the side wall7, as shown at 26. Into any of these openings 25 or 26, the lever 27 maybe ceptacle, should a hog or other animal be lying against thereceptacle, within the car, so that the receptacle cannot well berotated, saving through the medium of the lever 27.

In one of the end walls 5 of the receptacle, there are a series ofradially disposed notches 1:2, these notches 12 constituting seats,adapted to receive the free end of a latch 14: which is pivoted, asshown at 15, to the side wall 1 of the car. If desired, a back stop 16,adapted to receive the latch 14:, may be mounted upon the side wall ofthe car. The latch it may be swung, to disengage its free end from theseats 12, whereupon the receptacle may be rotated in the mannerhereinbefore described. lVhen the free end of the latch l t is engagedwithin any of the seats 12, the receptacle will be locked againstrotation.

From the foregoing it will be seen that there has been provided a feedtrough, of simple and improved construction, which may be manufacturedat trifling expense, the construction being such that the trough mayreadily be assembled for rotation, with the side wall of a car, thereceptacle being readily rotatable, to position its mouth either withinor without the car, novel means being provided for limiting the rotationof the receptacle, and for maintaining the mouth of the receptacleeither within or without the structure wherewith the receptacle isassembled.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is In a device ofthe class described, a supporting structure having an opening; bearingslocated on the supporting structure at the ends of the opening; a troughcomprising end walls having journals received in the bearings, and astrip of material partially surrounding the peripheries of the walls ina single length, one of the longitudinal edges of the strip being leftfree and being bent outwardly to form a flange adapted to engage thesupporting structure above the opening and to serve as a stop, therebeing slots in the outer side face of one wall and located between theedges of the strip; and a latch pivotally mounted on the supportingstructure for movement parallel to the supporting structure and adaptedto engage in any of the slots; and a stop on the supporting structure,adapted to receive the latch when the latch is swung upwardly past thevertical, to hold the latch out of engagement with any of the slots, thelatch and the stop being housed behind one end of the trough.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EMANUEL GRIFFITT. Witnesses:

J. C. ALEXANDER, A. L. DALTON.

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